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Spring Pasture Management Tips

The grass is green and growing fast! However, putting horses out too soon can reduce pasture productivity, and letting your horses graze too much can be dangerous to their health....

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Spring Pasture Management Tips

Putting horses on pasture too soon can reduce pasture productivity this coming summer; unlimited grazing can also be harmful to horse health. Here are some considerations to keep in mind before opening up the pasture gates....

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Make the Right Choices for Gates on Your Horse Property

Having the right gate is another key towards being chore efficient. There is nothing more irritating than not being able to get equipment or deliveries into a area because a gate is too small or you have to walk “the long way” around a pasture every time you want to put horses out or bring horses in....

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Choosing Paddock Fencing

Welded drilled pipe fencing on our new barn. Panel fencing on our main barn. This week we finally finished construction of our new barn enough that we were able to move three of our horses into it. Our new barn is similar to a covered loafing area: five runs, each with a 12-foot x 16-foot matted "stall area" under one roof. Runs are about 52 feet long. I thought I'd talk about paddock fencing since...

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